The family of a little girl who just returned from a camp for children with life-threatening medical conditions is expressing gratitude to the public for giving her the best summer of her life.

The family of a little girl who just returned from a camp for children with life-threatening medical conditions is expressing gratitude to the public for giving her the best summer of her life.

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Updated: 9:29 PM CDT Jul 29, 2015

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WEBVTT EVER THANKS TO YOU. KISHA: SIX-YEAR-OLD AVA O'BRIEN HAS BEEN THROUGH SIX SURGERIES IN HER SHORT LIFE, FIVE OF THEM TO RECONSTRUCT HER SKULL, TO MAKE ROOM FOR HER GROWING BRAIN. THE MOST RECENT, RIGHT BEFORE AVA WAS GETTING READY FOR HER DREAM DAY GETAWAY, A CAMP FOR KIDS WITH SERIOUS ILLNESSES. THEY SAID THAT THE BOLTS WERE COMING THROUGH HER SKIN, SO THEY HAD TO GO IN AND REMOVE THEM AND FIX SOME OF THE BONE. KISHA: BUT AVA HEALED UP JUST IN TIME. AND WITH THE NEARLY $3000 IN DONATIONS FROM KMBC VIEWERS, SHE AND HER FAMILY MADE THE TRIP. THEY WENT FISHING, CANOEING, KAYAKING, AND THEN THEY HAD DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THE AFTERNOON, LIKE ONE DAY THEY DID ARCHERY, ONE DAY THEY HAD A CARNIVAL. WE COOKED SMORES. KISHA: BUT THE GENEROSITY DIDN'T STOP THERE. THE ORGANIZATION, TH UNITED SPECIAL SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE, THEY HEARD ABOUT AVA AND GAVE HER A FISHING TRIP TO ILLINOIS, COMPLETE WITH SPECIAL FISHING POLES FOR AVA AND HER SISTER AND BROTHERS. I CATCHED A FISH. YOU CAUGHT A FISH? CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW BIG IT WAS? [LAUGHTER] KISHA: THEN WITH THE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM DONATIONS, AVA WAS ABLE TO SPEND HER BIRTHDAY DOING MORE FISHING, CAMPING AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. SHE SAYS IT WAS THE BEST SUMMER OF HER LIFE. LAST SUMMER, WE HAD TWO BRAIN SURGERIES BACK TO BACK WITHIN TWO MONTHS. SHE REALLY DESERVED IT. SHE REALLY HAD A ROUGH YEAR AND IT WAS NICE FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. KRIS: AVA'S MOM SAYS SHE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

Generous gifts help KC girl enjoy spectacular summer

The family of a little girl who just returned from a camp for children with life-threatening medical conditions is expressing gratitude to the public for giving her the best summer of her life.